Making of the Modern World, Parts I & II fully documents the dynamics of Western trade and wealth that shaped the world from the last half of the 15th Century into the 20th Century. Read on for commentary from professor and scholar John McCusker, PhD. John J. McCusker, PhD, is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of American History and Professor Economics at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Prof. McCusker researches and writes extensively on the economy of the Atlantic World during the 17 th and 18 th centuries, having published many books and articles on this pivotal era of history. Prof. McCusker has lectured and taught throughout the world, has received numerous international fellowships, and has served on the boards of distinguished scholarly journals. Coming soon to I spent much of the first half of my academic life locating and reading printed material in rare book collections across the Atlantic World. Making of the Modern World (MOMW) transformed all that. MOMW has changed my professional life. The Need It is fair to say that almost everything printed in English before 1800 – and much else besides – is now available online, fully searchable, and able to be printed out and read in the quiet comfort of my office. Each component addresses a segment of the experiences that together comprise the grand adventure we call the history of the early modern world as it developed from the mid-15 th century to the Age of Revolutions – and the subsequent history of the dismantling of that world. MOMW captures the printed record of the five centuries of the expansion of Europe, from its inception to the eve of its collapse. The Scope Other resources documenting the era slice and dice portions of that same world. Nothing else in any way approaches the totality of MOMW’s coverage. MOMW is the foundation upon which all other collections contribute small parts toward realizing the history of the world that Europe built. Without MOMW, even ECCO is shy four centuries. MOMW is unique. The Difference The way I pursue my own research today is very different from how I carried it out before, as it is for all of my colleagues, graduate students, and undergraduate students. I can now read everyone who said anything about a subject, across the centuries, in any language, whose work survives in print form. I can study, compare, contrast, and re-sort. And I can create a seminar syllabus with live links for my students. As important, I can develop wholly new lines of research—asking questions of the past that hadn’t even occurred to me and fellow scholars, encouraging students to do the same—entertain a thesis, test it, refine it, pursue it, or discard it, and move on – all in an afternoon or two instead of weeks or months simply identifying the location of a text. The Impact For more information… Visit gdc.gale.com Or call us at 800-877-4253 FACULTY EXPERT Making of the Modern World, Parts I & II
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Making of the Modern World, Parts I & II fully documents the dynamics of Western trade and wealth that shaped the world from the last half of the 15th Century into the 20th Century.
Read on for commentary from professor and scholar John McCusker, PhD.
John J. McCusker, PhD, is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of American History and Professor Economics at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX. Prof. McCusker researches
and writes extensively on the economy of the Atlantic World during the 17th and 18th centuries, having published many books and articles on this pivotal era of history. Prof. McCusker has
lectured and taught throughout the world, has received numerous international fellowships, and has served on the boards of distinguished scholarly journals.
Coming soon to
I spent much of the first half of my academic life locating and reading printed material in rare book collections across the Atlantic World. Making of the Modern World (MOMW) transformed all that. MOMW has changed my professional life.
The Need
It is fair to say that almost everything printed in English before 1800 – and much else besides – is now available online, fully searchable, and able to be printed out and read in the quiet comfort of my office. Each component addresses a segment of the experiences that together comprise the grand adventure we call the history of the early modern world as it developed from the mid-15th century to the Age of Revolutions – and the subsequent history of the dismantling of that world. MOMW captures the printed record of the five centuries of the expansion of Europe, from its inception to the eve of its collapse.
The Scope
Other resources documenting the era slice and dice portions of that same world. Nothing else in any way approaches the totality of MOMW’s coverage. MOMW is the foundation upon which all other collections contribute small parts toward realizing the history of the world that Europe built. Without MOMW, even ECCO is shy four centuries. MOMW is unique.
The Difference
The way I pursue my own research today is very different from how I carried it out before, as it is for all of my colleagues, graduate students, and undergraduate students. I can now read everyone who said anything about a subject, across the centuries, in any language, whose work survives in print form. I can study, compare, contrast, and re-sort. And I can create a seminar syllabus with live links for my students.
As important, I can develop wholly new lines of research—asking questions of the past that hadn’t even occurred to me and fellow scholars, encouraging students to do the same—entertain a thesis, test it, refine it, pursue it, or discard it, and move on – all in an afternoon or two instead of weeks or months simply identifying the location of a text.
The Impact
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